{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-excise-act-1971-repealed-191994/section-30",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/10",
  "legislation_title": "Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (Repealed 1.9.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-excise-act-1971-repealed-191994",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Limitation on the bringing of proceedings for recovery of underpayments and overpayments of duty.",
  "text": "(1) Where the amount of the duty which has been paid on a vehicle licence for a vehicle is less than the amount payable on the licence appropriate to that vehicle, the Secretary of State may take proceedings for the recovery of that amount at any time before the expiration of the twelve months beginning with the end of the period in respect of which the licence was taken out.\n(2) No proceedings shall be brought for enforcing any repayment of duty to which a person may be entitled in respect of any overpayment of duty made on a vehicle licence taken out by him, unless the proceedings are brought before the expiration of the twelve months beginning with the end of the period in respect of which the licence was taken out.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/10/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:25.629684+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}